Thread by @sfrantzman

Question and thread:
Israeli media...as if it was fed this story...has been reporting on Ankara wanting "reconciliation"...but I haven't seen these reports in Turkish media...but maybe I didn't pay attention enough, can someone point me to ANY Turkish media sources on this?

There was this at TRT "Tel Aviv and Ankara have the opportunity to de-escalate tensions and establish dialogue after the turbulent Netanyahu era." Nov. 24, 2021, an oped.

What was the ur-text behind this? Apparently Ankara's leader was asked about Israel and didn't even mention Israel in his reply...jpost.com/international/…

So this comment "Just as a step was taken between us and the United Arab Emirates, we will take similar steps with the others,” was interpreted to be about Israel...but if the regime leader in Ankara and it's far-right regime media doesn't mention this...then why does Israel?

And yet it's across the board in Israel, AFP, etc...timesofisrael.com/erdogan-says-t…

This article says "The Emiratis want to exert their influence in the Middle East and are doing their best to bring relations between Israel and Turkey to what they were prior to the Marmara affair." israelhayom.com/opinions/uae-i…

When did it begin

After Ankara detained, for no reason, two tourists they then began to pretend this would help ties; timesofisrael.com/with-couple-fr…

This was all nonsense: "Report: Erdogan’s role in couple release shows improved ties"...as if detaining people is the way to get better ties; i24news.tv/en/news/israel…

Remember that Israel had detained a Hamas cell and held of mention due to the couple being detained...Ankara has given Hamas a red carpet twice in recent years; i24news.tv/en/news/israel…

Remember back in March they said the same about reconciliation; ynetnews.com/article/bkb0ie…

Remember this scam in March 2021 when Ankara sought to sabotage Israel-Greece and Israel-Cyprus ties; israelhayom.com/2021/03/05/erd…

They also pushed this narrative in December 2020...because Ankara had seen Trump lose the election and was worried...voanews.com/a/europe_turke…

In May 2020 Turkey had also tried to float this because of fears that it was being isolated; arabnews.com/node/1673176/m…

Part of the May 2020 narrative included claims that Turkey had targeted Hezbollah in Syria, probably a claim that could not be confirmed...
jpost.com/middle-east/an…
And
jpost.com/arab-israeli-c…

In all this there are very few facts from the Ankara side...in November there was a phone call; dailysabah.com/politics/diplo…

Days ago"Jerusalem has always been and will forever remain a red line, Turkish Parliament Speaker Mustafa Şentop said Tuesday as lawmakers from 50 countries from across the world gathered in the capital Ankara to show solidarity with Palestinian cause" dailysabah.com/politics/diplo…

So given the lack of coverage from the Ankara side and lack of articles in the regime media (almost all Ankara's media is linked to AKP and most independent media has been closed or journalists imprisoned)...it's hard to verify the claims of "reconciliation"